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A Simulation of an Income Contingent Tuition Scheme in a Transition Economy
Vodopivec, Milan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The paper takes advantage of exceptionally rich longitudinal data on the universe of labor force participants in Slovenia and simulates the working of an income contingent loan scheme to partly recover tuition costs. The simulations show that under the base variant (where the target cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761698
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Simulation and Estimation of Hedonic Models
Heckman, James J.; Matzkin, Rosa; Nesheim, Lars - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Making use of restrictions imposed by equilibrium, theoretical progress has been made on the nonparametric and semiparametric estimation and identification of scalar additive hedonic models (Ekeland, Heckman, and Nesheim, 2002) and scalar nonadditive hedonic models (Heckman, Matzkin, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703578
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Traits, Imitation, and Evolutionary Dynamics
Schnedler, Wendelin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In this article, a modelling framework for the information transmission between agents in an evolutionary game setting is proposed. Agents observe traits which reflect past and present behaviour and success of other agents. If agents imitate more successful agents based on these traits, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822056
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A Computationally Practical Simulation Estimation Algorithm for Dynamic Panel Data Models with Unobserved Endogenous State Variables
Keane, Michael P.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper develops a simulation estimation algorithm that is particularly useful for estimating dynamic panel data … Markov model. It also implies that observed heterogeneity in education, young children and husband income are much more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703001
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Punishing Free-Riders: How Group Size Affects Mutual Monitoring and the Provision of Public Goods
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
strategies seen in the lab and use the simulation to develop hypotheses about why group size should matter when punishment is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703051
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Calculating Confidence Intervals for Continuous and Discontinuous Functions of Estimated Parameters
Ham, John C.; Woutersen, Tiemen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The delta method is commonly used to calculate confidence intervals of functions of estimated parameters that are differentiable with non-zero, bounded derivatives. When the delta method is inappropriate, researchers usually first use a bootstrap procedure where they i) repeatedly take a draw...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151016
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The Finite Sample Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Estimators for Treatment Effects and Policy Evaluation
Frölich, Markus; Huber, Martin; Wiesenfarth, Manuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
treatment and policy evaluation. In contrast to previous simulation studies which mostly considered semiparametric approaches …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125870
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The Drivers of Happiness Inequality: Suggestions for Promoting Social Cohesion
Becchetti, Leonardo; Massari, Riccardo; Naticchioni, Paolo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
are negligible. Second, among composition effects, education has an inequality-reducing impact, while the increase in … clear cut policy implication is that policies enhancing education and economic performance contribute to reduce happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990914
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Child Labor and Learning
Emerson, Patrick M.; Ponczek, Vladimir; Portela Souza, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro panel dataset of students in the São Paulo municipal school system. The potential endogeneity of working decisions and learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884083
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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
. Furthermore, effects are heterogeneous across education groups: teen motherhood has larger negative effects on high school … completion and years of schooling among poor and low-education households. Our results imply that policies aimed at reducing … early childbearing will have important short-term effects on young women's education outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884092